Engineering Manager

About Zamp

Zamp is not a company, we're ahumanity catalyst. We're on a mission to enable people to move at the speed of thought.

This decade, we're focused on building digital employees for the future of work. We work with 50+ top global organizations and banks, including DoorDash, Uber, and Stripe. We raised a $22M seed round from Sequoia Capital, Dara Khosrowshahi (CEO, Uber), Tony Xu (CEO, DoorDash), and other global leaders.

We want to build the world's best team: passionate, authentic, relentlessly curious people who want to do their life's best work.

The role

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to own delivery, hiring and team health as our engineering org scales toward ~30 engineers.

Our engineers are sharp, AI-native and move fast. What's missing is one person who drives on-time delivery, keeps customers happy, and bridges product, design and engineering. You'll be that person: close enough to the code to earn respect, and senior enough to set the bar for how we build, hire and grow.

This is a small, lean team with clear goals. We want someone who keeps focus sharp, cuts politics, and gives engineers real ownership, not more process.

What you'll do

• Own delivery. Make sure what we commit to ships on time and at quality. Set priorities across projects and unblock engineers fast, before someone is stuck on a problem for weeks.

• Hire great engineers. Build and close a strong pipeline, including people from your own network who meet our bar. Raise the hiring bar as we scale.

• Retain and grow the team. Run regular 1:1s with direct, timely feedback. Spot talent early, give people stretch problems, and keep morale and ownership high.

• Bridge product and engineering. Treat product, design and engineering as one unit. Translate customer and business needs into clear problem statements for the team.

• Show up for customers. Join customer and CTO calls to answer technical questions and represent engineering with credibility.

• Shape how we build. Define engineering culture, practices and platform health for a lean, AI-native team, keeping process light and adapting it to a small org.

• Allocate work well. Match projects to engineers based on interest, strength and growth, and rotate ownership before burnout sets in.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years managing engineers directly

• A track record of building and scaling teams, ideally from ~10 to 25–30 engineers, without losing speed or quality

• Strong hands-on technical foundation in backend systems and distributed architecture; you can go deep on design reviews and earn engineers' trust

• Proven hiring ability, including a network of strong engineers who would want to work with you again

• Clear, opinionated thinking on what makes a great engineer and a great team, and the conviction to defend it

• A people-first style: approachable, a strong listener, and calm under pressure, who credits the team and takes the heat when things break

• Product sense: you care about what we build and why, not just how

• Comfort working in a small, fast-moving startup with high ownership and little hierarchy

• An AI-native mindset: you know how tools like Claude change team sizing, velocity and how engineers work

Nice to have

• Experience with our stack: Golang, Redis, Kafka / Pub/Sub, Kubernetes and job schedulers

• Experience in B2B SaaS, fintech, or AI / automation products

• Experience moving from a large engineering org to an early-stage team

Our culture and benefits

We promote open communication, collaboration and empowerment. We value transparency, meritocracy and a strong work ethic. Join our early team and help us build something exceptional.

• Competitive salary and stock options with substantial upside

• Work alongside top talent

• Diverse and inclusive workplace

• Comprehensive medical insurance for you, your spouse and children

• A culture that celebrates every win

• Continuous learning and growth

• Good food, games and a comfortable office